Soft Fuse™ Fusible Interfacing

The look of delicate hand turned applique in less than half the time!

Sew Quick—Use your sewing machine to quickly finish the edges on your appliques. My easy stitch & turn technique makes applique sew much fun.

Sew Soft—unlike fusible web that leaves a stiff coating on your appliques, using Soft Fuse fusible interfacing gives your appliques the feel and look of traditional hand applique.

Sew Perfectly Finished—With finished edges, appliques are more durable and can be washed and used without the worry of fraying.

Soft Fuse™ comes in both black and ivory. I prefer to use the black for all my dark colored appliques.

 

• Layer with fabric right side up
• Soft Fuse™ fusible side down
• Then the tracing paper pattern

• Slip hemostats into the slit
• Gently pull fabric in-side-out
• Reinsert hemostats and push corners to shape
• Finger press applique

• Use a 1.5 machine stitch length
• Stitch directly on traced line
• Tear away the tracing paper

• Place pattern under press sheet
• Assemble the applique
• Place trim between the layers
• Fuse all layers together

 

Frame it and you're finished!

• Trim close to stitching line
• Clip the corners carefully
• Cut small slit for turning

• Position applique and handle onto background fabric
• Hand or machine stitch the applique to background fabric
• Embroider stems & leaves
• Glue or stitch flowers and trim

Soft Fuse™ Fusible Interfacing

Available in Ivory

Price: $3.75 per yard

Package has detailed instructions for using this stitch & turn technique along with the pattern to make this sweet Victorian Flower Basket applique

Supplies that I use with this technique, the small hemostats and the Applique Pressing Sheet, can be found on the Notions page.

Look for trims and embellishments in the Vintage Affaire Shop